Adapted from http://nataliesfhespot.blogspot.com/search/label/Kindness
Opening Songs
Austin/Tanner Choice
Kindness Begins With Me Children's Songbook #145
Opening Prayer
Talent Time
Lesson: Mommy
Ask your children what kindess is. Explain that kindess is being nice to people. (show a picture of Jesus) Jesus was always nice to everyone and we should try to be like Him. One way to show kindess is to speak nicely.
Object lesson: Filling Other's Jars
Have an empty cup for each person. Have chocolate chips to represent kind words and dried pinto beans to represent unkind words. Explain that when we talk to people we it's like putting something inside their cup. We either put something nice or something not nice. Give examples and put either chocolate chips or dried beans. Do the same thing practicing nice tones of voice and mean tones of voice.
Activity
Play "Kindness ball toss" by tossing a ball to someone in the family and saying something nice about that person. Prompt young children to say easy things like "Pretty eyes", "I love you", or "Nice shirt."
Craft
Help children to decorate their own cups
Closing Prayer
Treat
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Reflection: This lesson went really well. The boys loved role playing and coming up with kind things to say about each other. The week after we still had plenty of mean words said, but they knew what we were talking about when we reminded them to use kind words. Good reminder for Mom and Dad too.
